Name: I-40 Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Trade active and Demand good for all weights. Next sale scheduled for Tuesday October 14, 2025.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $391.32/cwt on 157 head. That ranks 2 of 4 comparable sales and sits −21.19 against this barn's trailing median of $412.51.

Average price

$391.32

157 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,158

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$153

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$23.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.34

vs AR average

+22.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	394.71	2,181	134
Medium and Large 1-2	546	371.56	2,028	23

One grade step is worth $23.15/cwt here — about $153 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

4 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $414.81, low $382.25, median $412.51 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale157 hd

391.32

—

AR average9 barns · 777 hd

376.97

+14.34

National average171 barns · 13,169 hd

368.34

+22.98

This barn, trailing median4 sales

412.51

−21.19

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

23 lots · USDA AMS · I-40 Livestock Feeder Cattle Pot Load Sale - Ozark, AR

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,595	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	389.50/cwt	389.50–389.50	2,372	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	344.82/cwt	330.00–347.50	2,369	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	324.55/cwt	322.50–325.00	2,463	335
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,534	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	595	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,291	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	802	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,783	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	535	399.50/cwt	399.50–399.50	2,137	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	518	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,072	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	669	352.84/cwt	351.00–365.00	2,360	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	495	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,302	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	508	471.00/cwt	471.00–471.00	2,393	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	431.14/cwt	430.00–435.00	2,337	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,444	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	632	418.25/cwt	418.00–419.00	2,643	179
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	312.94/cwt	296.00–325.00	2,275	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	694	382.44/cwt	381.00–382.50	2,654	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	526	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,130	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	340.91/cwt	334.00–346.00	1,923	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	465	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,860	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	600–650	605	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,329	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,231	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	376.69/cwt	372.50–379.00	2,836	65

How this sale compares

Arkansas weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Arkansas auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Arkansas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

I-40 Livestock Feeder Cattle Pot Load Sale - Ozark, AR

Tue Sep 9, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Little Rock, AR (LS-LR)

Receipts 1,308Last week 620Year ago 1,054

Monthly Pot Load Sale. Trade active and Demand good for all weights. Next sale scheduled for Tuesday October 14, 2025.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	371	430.00	430.00
42	600–650	609	389.50	389.50
110	650–700	687	330.00–347.50	344.82
335	750–800	759	322.50–325.00	324.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	518	400.00	400.00
45	550–600	595	385.00	385.00
82	650–700	669	351.00–365.00	352.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
68	500–550	535	399.50	399.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	564	334.00–346.00	340.91
74	700–750	727	296.00–325.00	312.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	526	405.00	405.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	500–550	542	430.00–435.00	431.14
7	550–600	572	390.00	390.00
10	600–650	607	417.50	417.50
91	650–700	694	381.00–382.50	382.44
65	750–800	753	372.50–379.00	376.69
133	800–850	802	347.00	347.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	450–500	495	465.00	465.00
29	500–550	508	471.00	471.00
179	600–650	632	418.00–419.00	418.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	650–700	666	367.00	367.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	465	400.00	400.00
11	600–650	605	385.00	385.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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